A survey of residents of and migrants to 15 fast-growing wilderness counties showed that only 25 percent of the migrants increased their income, while almost 50 percent accepted income losses upon their moves to high-amenity counties. Concomitantly, amenities and quality of life were more...

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Books reviewed in this article: Carl Abbott, Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest Massimo Gastaldi and Aura Reggiani, New Analytical Advances in Transportation and Spatial Dynamics Manfred M. Fischer and Josef Frohlich (eds.), Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation...